Archana Vanam

“She says what she means,” he said to Sylvie. “And means what she says. Unlike some people.”
― Kate Atkinson, Life After Life

“The years apart will feel like nothing compared to what we have before us.”
― John Boyne, The Heart's Invisible Furies

“Stories are a way to preserve one’s self. To be remembered. And to forget. Stories come in so many forms: in charcoal, and in song, in paintings, poems, films. And books. Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives—or to find strength in a very long one.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“For fuck’s sake, hadn’t I learned that lesson? Sunday school stories are just another type of superhero comic. Counting on Jesus to save the day is no more real than sending up the Batman signal.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead